10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Rachel Carson
A dying marine biologist took on the chemical industry and won. Rachel Carson's life, read as a 10,000…
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10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Buckminster Fuller
Bankrupt and grieving at a Chicago lakeside in 1927, Buckminster Fuller turned his own life into a 56-year…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Ella Fitzgerald
A skinny 17-year-old planned to dance at the Apollo, then sang instead and won. Ella Fitzgerald's life, read…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Zaha Hadid
Branded a "paper architect" for 20 years, Zaha Hadid turned "unbuildable" into a signature. Her comeback, run through…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Claude Monet
Claude Monet spent sixty years chasing one question about light. Here is his life run through the 6…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Louis Armstrong
A juvenile arrest put a cornet in Louis Armstrong's hands. How a poor New Orleans kid became the…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary climbed Everest, then spent fifty-five years turning that fame into schools and clinics for Nepal's Sherpa…